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It's now time for the 1/4 finals now, will Ashgo through to the final4?
Chapter 7: The Quarter-Finals
'Welcome to the Stadium D for the third quarter-final match of this Pokemon World Cup tournament. The winner will join Thomas and Gary in the semis to be held in the main Indigo Stadium from next week, which is the final week of the tournament. Don't forget tonight we also have our final quarter-final match between Spain's very own Pedro and the British champion Harry. That's later, but now our attentions are turned to current affairs, namely this match between Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, Japan and newcomer Kohama from Beijing, China. Kohama was one of the underdogs at the start of this contest, but she's proven her worth in previous rounds, as for Ash, he's a favourite with the crowd here. And here they come now, to a rapturous welcome as always from this large crowd here today. No doubt they have come to see a great match between these two, and that's what we hope they'll get.'
The referee came up to them. 'OK, this one is a best of 7, the first one to 4 victories wins.'
'OK, here we go...Ash going for Pidgeotto for this first round and Kohama chooses a Charmeleon. Charmeleon comes forward with a slash, but Pidgeotto dodges it. Now it's his turn, he blows his opponent away with a gust of wind which almost knocked both human competitors off their platforms. That's powerful stuff there from Pidgeotto. Charmeleon does an ember attack which hits Pidgeotto right where he wants it. Pidgeotto is brought down, and I'm not surprised, the ref comes up and holds the red flag up. 1-0 to Kohama. This isn't good for Ash if he wants to stay in the competiton'
And things didn't improve either. He lost the next two matches. If he lost one more, he'd be out of the competition. '3-0 now to Kohama, 1 more from victory. Ash, playing Squirtle comes forward and does a water-gun attack, hitting Beedrill and bringing him to the floor. Ash wins his first victory in this match. 3-1 now and it's not over yet.'
The commentator was right, it definitely wasn't over yet. Ash, 3-0 down at the break, came back to 3-2 against Kohama, with a chance for a third victory looming.
'This is ab-so-lute-ly incredible. Ash Ketchum, from Pallet, is hoping to pull off the greatest comeback in the history of the Pokemon World Cup. Dodrio, playing for Kohama, does a peck attack against Charmander, playing for Ash. Charmander...with an ember attack...this is it...YES! HE DOES IT! Pulls it off. The greatest comeback in the history of the world cup is about to happen. The ref holds up the green flag and it's all down to the final battle for a place in the semi-finals and one step closer to that all-important title of Pokemon World Champion.
Ash played Muk for his final effort, whilst Kohama played Hitmonchan. The battle was intense as both players gave their all for that one place in the semis.
'Things are hotting up here...Hitmonchan and Muk are fighting to the very end. Hitmonchan punches Muk's sludgy body several times, but to no avail. Muk corners Hitmonchan and squashes him...now we need to wait for him to walk away to find out the verdict...the ref comes up and...'Hitmonchan is no longer able to battle. Ash wins 3-4!' The crowd roared. 'YES! Ash Ketchum from Pallet has won the quarter-final match of the Pokemon World Cup to progress to the semis. Well done to him. His friends come onto the ground to celebrate with him. Kohama put up quite a fight, but to no avail. Ash goes through, and this year we're going to have a male champ as Kohama was the last girl in the contest. So it's Gary, Thomas and Ash through to the semis...who will join them...will it be Pedro or Harry...stay tuned to find out...'
So Ash is through to the semis. Join me next time when Ash comes up against one of the greatest challenges he has ever faced...
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